(Phys.org) —A team of researchers with members from the U.S., Sweden and Switzerland studying a meteorite found in a Swedish quarry is reporting that the rock is unlike anything else ever found. In their paper published ...
(Phys.org) —How powerful was February's meteor that crashed into Russia? Strong enough that its explosive entry into our atmosphere was detected almost 6,000 miles away in Lilburn, Ga., by infrasound sensors – a full ...
Earth Sciences
May 3, 2013
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A team of scientists has discovered the youngest dinosaur preserved in the fossil record before the catastrophic meteor impact 65 million years ago. The finding indicates that dinosaurs did not go extinct prior to the impact ...
Archaeology
Jul 13, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a new imaging technique, materials scientists open a window on the moon's geological history.
Space Exploration
Jan 4, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Drifting across the world's oceans are a group of unicellular marine microorganisms that are not only a crucial source of food for other marine life -- but their fossils, which are found in abundance, provide ...
Ecology
Jul 14, 2009
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I think all craters are cool, I'm just going to start with that. I am very biased.
Planetary Sciences
Jan 26, 2023
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Micrometeoroid strikes are an unavoidable aspect of operating any spacecraft, which routinely sustain many impacts over the course of long and productive science missions in space. Between May 23 and 25, NASA's James Webb ...
Space Exploration
Jun 8, 2022
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(Phys.org) —A network of seismographic stations recorded spectacular signals from the blast waves of the meteor that landed near Chelyabinsk, Russia, as the waves crossed the United States.
Earth Sciences
Mar 5, 2013
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(Phys.org) -- Researchers from the University of Saskatchewan and the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) have discovered a massive meteor impact from millions of years ago in Canada’s western Arctic.
Earth Sciences
Aug 8, 2012
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The latest Mars destination is a giant crater near the equator with an odd feature: a mountain rising from the crater floor.
Space Exploration
Aug 4, 2012
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